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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tuesday with Tomlin

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that there's a good chance Ben Roethlisberger, Maurkice Pouncey, LaMarr Woodley and Emmanuel Sanders will suit up and play in the team's critical game at Cleveland on Sunday.

Tomlin said the the foursome practices this week, they'll play, which would be a boost for the Steelers, who need a win over Cleveland and a loss by Baltimore at Cincinnati to clinch the AFC North title and No. 2 seed in the playoffs.

Tomlin said he expects Pouncey, Woodley and Sanders to practice on Wednesday, but would not commit to Roethlisberger doing so.

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Mendenhall's resurgence also coincided with his benching (er, I mean 'injury') vs. Tennessee after his abysmal first quarter of the season. He appeared to run like a different man after that (granted, not having the RDE in your lap as you receive the handoff probably helps, some).

Pouncey making the Pro Bowl is kind of a joke, and I always hear Tunch talking about how Brian Waters can't even get in a 3-point stance. Otherwise, I have surprisingly few complaints about the selections. Lots of good players got snubbed, but they got snubbed in favor of other good players. Houston's O-line is awesome, shouldn't they have had at least one player make it?

Brown and Wallace. No brainer. While Mendenhall has been solid and occasionally dynamic (when healthy) over his almost 4 seasons with the steelers, he has not been great. OL woes considered, he really hasn't lived up to his first round billing. I bet he will probably play out his deal here in Pittsburgh and get offered more money elsewhere and leave. I also subscribe to the theory that RBs are not as hard to replace as dynamic WRs.

The Steelers can resign all 3 youngsters but it probably means letting a few veterans go to clear up cap space. Bmac, Farrior, Foote, Kemo, Ward, Moore, Dixon, and Hoke are all gone after this season. The housecleaning will be swift and painful but necessary. It's a brutal business but they've all had their paydays.